Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.

This Throwback Thursday, join us on a journey down memory lane as we revisit some old projects from CRA's archives. Today’s throwback takes us to our Indiana office circa 2012. #nostalgia #DigitizingMemories #Photography #FilmMemories #OldPhotos #RevisitingPast #MemoriesInTheMaking #ThrowbackThursday #CRA #CulturalResourceManagement

In 2003, archaeologists with Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., conducted a National Register of Historic Places evaluation of the Wright House on behalf of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the rehabilitation of the site to be used as an interpretive center for the community of Paris, Kentucky. The Wright House was a multicomponent site including a primarily mid-nineteenth-century farmstead and a precontact open habitation. The historic component of the site can be traced back to Captain James Wilson Wright, who obtained a land grant for the property on September 20, 1785, from the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is believed that the residence associated with the site was most likely constructed sometime in the 1840s by Captain Wright’s son, Andrew H. Wright. Sixteen features were recorded during the archaeological excavations at the site, including but not limited to a builder’s trench, a herringbone brick walkway, a poultry house foundation, and a historic midden. A total of 12,839 artifacts were recovered, including 12,757 historic artifacts and 82 precontact artifacts. Included in the historic assemblage were floral and faunal remains, as well as cultural materials such as plain and decorated porcelain, redware, stoneware, and whiteware, window glass, glass bottles, utensils, barn items, and personal items. The original detached kitchen was located on the north side of the Wright House. Built of bricks circa 1845, this was a separate structure where cooking and food preparation would occur. Eventually the Wrights built a roof connecting the kitchen to the main house. Removing a wood plank floor revealed a number of artifacts (e.g., ceramics, toys, and modern debris) in the loose dirt underneath.

Cultural Resource Analysts is currently hiring in our Louisiana and Indiana offices. We are looking for principal investigators. These are full-time positions, and compensation will be based on experience. If you or someone you know is interested, please click the link to start the application process. https://lnkd.in/gxgh4frj #CRA #CulturalResource #currentlyhiring #hiring #archaeology #principalinvestigator #culturalhistorian #culturalresourcemanagement

On behalf of Andalex Resources, archaeologists from Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., conducted data recovery investigations at the Andalex Village site in 1988 and 1989. Andalex Village was a stockaded Mississippian community with a single mound in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The mound consisted of a raised, oval area approximately 1.5 m in height. The excavations revealed that the nature of the local polity changed over time. The village was established first and the mound was constructed later, suggesting changes in political structure at the site. Archaeological investigations included controlled surface collection, mechanical stripping and trenching, and feature excavation. Sporadic occupations occurred at the site from the terminal Paleoindian through the Mississippian periods. Archaeologists documented four stages of mound construction and five structures at Andalex. Artifacts recovered included over 5,000 lithics, 25,000 pottery rims and sherds, 1,000 ceramic items such as figurines, adornos, pipe fragments, and pottery discs, and 31,000 faunal remains. While the lithics, pottery, and faunal remains recovered from the site were interesting in and of themselves, other artifacts that provided insight into the complex daily lives of the Mississippian period inhabitants included bone tools, modified shells, and other fired clay artifacts. 

This Throwback Thursday, join us on a journey down memory lane as we revisit some old projects from CRA's archives. Today’s throwback takes us to our Louisiana office circa 2011. #nostalgia #DigitizingMemories #Photography #FilmMemories #OldPhotos #RevisitingPast #MemoriesInTheMaking #ThrowbackThursday #CRA #CulturalResourceManagement

Cultural Resource Analysts is currently hiring in our Louisiana and West Virginia offices. We are looking for staff archaeologists. These are full-time positions, and compensation will be based on experience. If you or someone you know is interested, please click the link to start the application process. https://lnkd.in/gxgh4frj #CRA #CulturalResource #currentlyhiring #hiring #archaeology #staffarchaeologist #culturalhistorian  #culturalresourcemanagement

Cultural Resource Analysts is currently hiring in our Louisiana and Indiana offices. We are looking for principal investigators. These are full-time positions, and compensation will be based on experience. If you or someone you know is interested, please click the link to start the application process. https://lnkd.in/gxgh4frj #CRA #CulturalResource #currentlyhiring #hiring #archaeology #principalinvestigator #culturalhistorian #culturalresourcemanagement

This Throwback Thursday, join us on a journey down memory lane as we revisit some old projects from CRA's archives. Today’s throwback takes us to our Virginia office circa 2013. #nostalgia #DigitizingMemories #Photography #FilmMemories #OldPhotos #RevisitingPast #MemoriesInTheMaking #ThrowbackThursday #CRA #CulturalResourceManagement

The Crawford-Nurre Sawmill represents the first sawmill site archaeologically documented in Kentucky. CRA archaeologists, led by Jon Kerr, conducted data recovery investigations at the site in 1997 on behalf of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The mill was built in 1882 by George S. Crawford and A. Joseph Nurre to provide materials for their lumber yard and wood picture frame and molding company in Cincinnati, Ohio. They only owned it from 1882 to 1887 and then quickly sold it to the Kentucky Lumber Company. The Kentucky Lumber Company then appears to have removed the boiler and steam engines, as well as other equipment, for use elsewhere. Between 1870 and 1890, the logging industry in eastern Kentucky shifted from a seasonal localized business to an international commercial industry. Nevertheless, commercial routes of transportation through the isolated terrain of eastern Kentucky did not exist until the late nineteenth century. The expansion of railroads into the area during the 1880s and the early twentieth century allowed large logging companies access to eastern Kentucky’s virgin stands of timber. While the Crawford-Nurre sawmill only remained extant for five to six years, the results of the data recovery investigations suggested that the mill contributed to the formation and operation of mid- to late nineteenth-century Williamsburg. Data recovery excavations included remote sensing followed by mechanical stripping and the excavation of 124 shovel tests, 56 sq m of excavation units, and 14 features. A total of 43 precontact artifacts and 11,213 historic artifacts and faunal remains were recovered. The features included evidence of boiler and steam engine foundations, a large rectangular building foundation, and features associated with a drive system of belts, shafts, and wheels. No evidence of concentrations of sawdust or strata suggesting that sawdust or other organic materials had been present was discovered, and very few artifacts associated with the lumber industry were recovered. Indeed, most of the artifacts recovered were faunal remains, suggesting that the building that remained after the dismantling of the sawmill may have been used as a smokehouse or butchering facility. 

CRA is excited to welcome Jaycee to our Archaeology department at our Kentucky office. Jaycee received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky while also interning at CRA and is excited to join the team full time. Welcome to the team, Jaycee!